2026-08-28

I’m not buying a Garmin Fenix 9 at those prices — here’s what I’m looking at instead

The Garmin Fenix 9 is an expensive smartwatch, but there are plenty of other options on the table. [...]

2026-08-28

AI is making people less confident in professionals such as doctors and teachers

By checking facts using AI, patients and students have found a response to automatic deference, and a tool that explains subjects in a more digestible format. [...]

2026-08-28

X claims it found a Chinese bot farm posting anti-AI data center sentiments

X found a bot farm in its investigation of inauthentic Chinese accounts. Out of 200,000 bots, 200 allegedly focused on posting against AI data centers. [...]

2026-08-28

Stripe-led group is reportedly abandoning its PayPal acquisition

Stripe and buyout firm Advent are no longer pursuing their acquisition of PayPal as was reported earlier this month. [...]

2026-08-28

Rivian’s CFO is leaving after six years

Rivian’s chief financial officer Claire McDonough is leaving at the end of October after nearly six years, to take the same role at energy equipment maker GE Vernova. Volkswagen, now Rivian’s largest shareholder, has committed up to $5.8B to their joint venture with much of it still tied to technical milestones. Rivian is losing its […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-28

Anthropic Opens 10,000 Free and Discounted Claude Seats for Scientists

Anthropic on Thursday, August 27, 2026, opened 10,000 free and discounted Claude Team subscription seats for scientists, announcing an expansion of its researcher-focused programs that also widens its AI for Science credit program beyond the biological sciences. Under the new Claude Team plan for scientists, standard seats are free and premium seats with five times the usage limits cost $15 per mo [...]

2026-08-28

US judge strikes down Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as illegal retaliation

A federal judge has voided the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk, finding that the label was punishment for the company’s public criticism of the Trump administration rather than a security assessment. US District Judge Rita Lin, of the Northern District of California, issued the decision on Thursday in a 59-page […]<br /> This story continues [...]

2026-08-28

BYD charged one car 350 times in nine days

BYD says it drove a randomly selected Yangwang U7 for 30,000 kilometres over nine days with 350 ultra-fast charging stops, and the battery retained 98.7% of its capacity. Euro 7 will require new car types to keep 80% of original capacity after five years from 29 November. BYD has answered the question everyone asks about […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-28

Nvidia ships first H200 chips to China, but expects no data-centre revenue from them

Nvidia shipped its first H200 processors to China under a new US licensing scheme, and they accounted for less than 1% of $89B in quarterly data centre revenue. Its $108B forecast for the current quarter assumes no data centre computing revenue from China at all. Nvidia has started shipping H200 processors to China and told […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]